The response of a woven graphite fiber/polyimide composite to aging in nitrogen

Acta Materialia

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4555-4565

  Rupnowski, P ^a   Gentz, M ^a   Armentrout, D ^a   Sutter, J K ^b   Kumosa, M ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Modeling; Physical aging; PMR 15; Residual stress; Woven graphite polyimide composites

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING; VISCOELASTICITY;

MODELING; PHYSICAL AGING; PMR-15; WOVEN GRAPHITE/POLYIMIDE COMPOSITES;

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 24344444912     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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